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fatherazrael
fatherazrael

Reputation: 5977

How to open file in UTF-8 format in Netbeans; without distorting characters?

There are Norwegian characters in properties file. When i open in UTF-8 enabled Notepad++ it appears correctly: 

Foreslåtte

But when i open same file in my Netbeans editor; it shows distorted characters like : 

Foreslåtte

Netbeans Version in Use: 8.0.2.

Project Type: Maven Project

In Maven Proeject properties there is setting for UTF-8:

<properties>
    <app.navn>posten</app.navn>
    <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
    <wro4j.version>1.7.6</wro4j.version>
    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <--
    <servlet.version>3.1.0</servlet.version>
</properties>

Could anyone help in finding what settings need to be done in Netbeans to get correct UTF-8 characters?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 8285

Answers (3)

xerx593
xerx593

Reputation: 13261

Before Java 9, the encoding of a .properties file is ISO-8859-1, also known as Latin-1. All non-ASCII characters must be entered by using Unicode escape characters, e.g. \uHHHH where HHHH is a hexadecimal index of the character in the Unicode character set.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.properties

Further read : https://www.google.com/search?q=java+properties+ascii

Upvotes: 1

Anders Metnik
Anders Metnik

Reputation: 6237

If you open netbeans folder, edit the netbeans.conf (It's inside the etc folder), you might need to open the editor with administrator rights first.
Add -J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 to the netbeans_default_options.
Restart netbeans, and it's now opening them correctly.

Upvotes: 2

fatherazrael
fatherazrael

Reputation: 5977

Right Click Properties File -> Properties -> Encoding -> Tick Use Project Encoding

Now open the file and matter resolved.

Note: My Project Encoding was already set to UTF-8. You can set i: Right Click on Project -> Properties -> Sources -> Select Encoding UTF-8

Upvotes: 9

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